Happy and Glorious (Story Book)

Happy and Glorious (Story Book)

by HilaryMcKay (Author)

Synopsis

Queens have two birthdays, one on the day they were born and one on the day it would have been most convenient for them to have been born on. It is the convenient one that counts.



This Queen is not a happy little Queen. It's her unofficial birthday and no-one had brought her a present. Not the Prime Minister, not the Treasurer, and not even her lazy Ladies-in-Waiting. All she wants is one small, one very cheap, present. Just because it has four legs and a tail and isn't very easy to wrap up. Shouldn't put anyone off...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 13 Jun 2002

ISBN 10: 034064074X
ISBN 13: 9780340640746
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children's Award and Smarties Grand Prix respectively for her first two books, The Exiles and The Exiles at Home .

Media Reviews
Everything is lively about this book, including its genuinely touching conclusion. * THE INDEPENDENT *
'Finding its place in a rather neglected area of childrne's fiction, Hilary McKay pitches the tone just right with a tale that is both funning and touching.' - The Guardian, 28th Nov 2001 * The Guardian *
Fizzes and sings its way off the page. Delicious to read. * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Hilary McKay excels in conveying the anarchic bedlawm of family life, and she has excelled herself in her marvellous novel, Saffy's Angel which deserves to be placed alongside such classics as Little Women and The Railway Children. * TES Primary *
Author Bio
Hilary McKay is the author of over 20 children's books, including the critically acclaimed 'Exiles' trilogy which won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Smarties Prize. The author was born and grew up in Boston, Lincolnshire, and after reading Botany and Zoology at St Andrews university she switched to English, which inspired her to start writing. A former scientist, Hilary now writes full-time. She lives with her husband and two children, Bella and Jim, in Derbyshire. Her most recent work is Saffy's Angel, for Hodder.